Sick Sinus Syndrome

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Sick Sinus Syndrome

Definition: Sick sinus syndrome — also known as sinus node disease or sinus node dysfunction — is the name for a group of heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias) in which the sinus node — the heart's natural pacemaker — doesn't work properly. The sinus node is an area of specialized cells in the upper right chamber of the heart that controls the rhythm of your heart. Normally, the sinus node produces a steady pace of regular electrical impulses. In sick sinus syndrome, these signals are abnormally paced.

Medications used to treat high blood pressure, heart disease, that slow down and prevent tachycardias — such as beta blockers or calcium channel blockers, anti-arrhythmic drugs, digitalis (also known as digoxin), blood thinners, such as warfarin (Coumadin), which helps prevent blood clots in people with atrial fibrillation, placement of a pacemaker

Statistics

Out of the estimated population 40,280,7802 Right Diagnosis conducted a survey and concludes that the extrapolated incidence of Sick sinus syndrome patients was found to be 2,134,881 during the year 2014

Randhawa Ramanpreet
Receiver Operating Characteristic curve analysis of Anthropometric Physiological and Biochemical indices and a comparison between four International definitions JSS, mATP-III, IDF and ATP-III for screening Metabolic Syndrome among Pre- and Postmenopausal Rural females of Amritsar (Punjab) PPT Version |
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